Y'ALL READY TO GET FUNKY?!
A friend kept INSISTING that I played this game, over and over and over again. I was always like "Yeah, later", but it was never my priority; even knowing that everyone praised this game and everyone bitched and moaned when it didn't win at the game awards against some random game that nobody played.
Well, I played it recently and......Boy, do I ever regret not playing this game any sooner. I didn't play that many games in 2023...But this is it to me, this IS the best game of 2023.
I love almost everything about this weird ass game.
- The concept
- The character designs
- The sprite work
- The animations
- How expressive this game is
- Its sense of humor
- The difficulty
- The level design
- The gameplay loop
- The bosses
- The fast paced platforming
- THE MUSIC
- THE COMBO SYSTEM
- THE NOISE
- THE P RANKS
- PIZZA TIME
- KEEP THE COMBO, DON'T DROP THE COMBO
- GUSTAVO AAAAAAAAAAAAH
- AND BRIIIIIICK AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH
- LAP 2, OH GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!!!!
I don't know! I just don't know how I can describe this game and make it justice! It is just batshit insane the entire time and I LOVE IT!!!
And if you go for the P ranks like I did, it's gonna take you forever to beat this game 100% and it's going to be one of the most stressful experiences you will have playing a videogame. But I didn't care, because BLASTING through every single level at mach 3 while being an unstopabble force, that will not surrender to ANYONE until his precious pizzeria is safe.....It feels fucking amazing and super satisfactory!
Especially getting to that second lap. Simply managing to do the whole level from beginning to end and back without dropping the combo...And then running all the way to the beginning of the level WITHOUT DROPPING THE COMBO A SECOND TIME?! It just feels too powerful...
The only things I dislike about this game are some levels that I am not a fan of (About 2 at most, in the whole game), I fucking hate Vigilante...Such an annoying boss. And I also DESPISED P RANKING THE FINAL BOSS.
P ranking Pizza Face was so fucking stressful and frustrating to me, that after so many retries I was legitimately feeling the same primal rage that Peppino was feeling in-game. In that moment, he became me and I became him. We both became one singular entity of pure cosmic furiousness and anxiety...It was cathartic in a way.......
Outside of that, I absolutely adore this fucking game, and I can't wait to replay the whole thing and get all the P Ranks for a lap 2 in like two months from now.
4 AND A HALF PIZZA SLICES OUTTA 5. MOLTO BENE!!!!
A friend kept INSISTING that I played this game, over and over and over again. I was always like "Yeah, later", but it was never my priority; even knowing that everyone praised this game and everyone bitched and moaned when it didn't win at the game awards against some random game that nobody played.
Well, I played it recently and......Boy, do I ever regret not playing this game any sooner. I didn't play that many games in 2023...But this is it to me, this IS the best game of 2023.
I love almost everything about this weird ass game.
- The concept
- The character designs
- The sprite work
- The animations
- How expressive this game is
- Its sense of humor
- The difficulty
- The level design
- The gameplay loop
- The bosses
- The fast paced platforming
- THE MUSIC
- THE COMBO SYSTEM
- THE NOISE
- THE P RANKS
- PIZZA TIME
- KEEP THE COMBO, DON'T DROP THE COMBO
- GUSTAVO AAAAAAAAAAAAH
- AND BRIIIIIICK AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH
- LAP 2, OH GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!!!!
I don't know! I just don't know how I can describe this game and make it justice! It is just batshit insane the entire time and I LOVE IT!!!
And if you go for the P ranks like I did, it's gonna take you forever to beat this game 100% and it's going to be one of the most stressful experiences you will have playing a videogame. But I didn't care, because BLASTING through every single level at mach 3 while being an unstopabble force, that will not surrender to ANYONE until his precious pizzeria is safe.....It feels fucking amazing and super satisfactory!
Especially getting to that second lap. Simply managing to do the whole level from beginning to end and back without dropping the combo...And then running all the way to the beginning of the level WITHOUT DROPPING THE COMBO A SECOND TIME?! It just feels too powerful...
The only things I dislike about this game are some levels that I am not a fan of (About 2 at most, in the whole game), I fucking hate Vigilante...Such an annoying boss. And I also DESPISED P RANKING THE FINAL BOSS.
P ranking Pizza Face was so fucking stressful and frustrating to me, that after so many retries I was legitimately feeling the same primal rage that Peppino was feeling in-game. In that moment, he became me and I became him. We both became one singular entity of pure cosmic furiousness and anxiety...It was cathartic in a way.......
Outside of that, I absolutely adore this fucking game, and I can't wait to replay the whole thing and get all the P Ranks for a lap 2 in like two months from now.
4 AND A HALF PIZZA SLICES OUTTA 5. MOLTO BENE!!!!